benison
Example Sentences
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Like Malik Solanka of Fury, who fled to America “to receive the benison of being Ellis Islanded,” the Goldens, too, have come seeking rebirth in the land of reinvention.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2017
"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2012
Frances Conroy's Mags is quite touching as she seeks a parental benison on her vocation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not all businessmen regarded the ruling as a benison.
From Time Magazine Archive
How like a benison they flowed over his drooping spirits!
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
